ah ah, the 1st group of ukrainian fighters surrendered the besieged ru, pull as of steel plants. some of the wounded have been taken off the tools in a done yet screeching china lashes out to the g. 7008. the mind is so business and not 3 nights, colored revolutions around the world of the group and beijing whole to support for russia. but he may pretend accused of the west of outrageous russ, a phobia and pursuing aggressive nato expansion. the benefits washington and former pakistani prime minister runcle and continues to garner support across the country and slums. the u. s. for quotes and leaving his country ah,

must go to the world. this is all the international. i'm peter scott. these, the top stories, this, our number of ukrainian fighters have surrendered at the besieged as of steel plans after weeks of brutal bottles of the industrial sites are these don't call to us the details. well, early monday morning, the 1st reports began to come out that some ukrainian troops hold up in mario pools as of stall steel plant had finally begun to surrender. this was after it became known that those same troops had begun negotiating with the done yet people's militia to evacuate some of their injured comrades, as for how many troops were talking about here or what battalions they were members of. we do not know what we do know is that a number of the troops that were evacuated were not actually injured, and they were taken to separate areas altogether. now, kiev has confirmed this information, but we didn't actually hear it from ukraine's president vladimir lensky. we heard

it from the country's deputy minister of defense. speaking on all of that, or probably not all, with communal, 53 seriously wounded mario will, defenders were evacuated from the, as a still planned to a medical facility in nova sc for medical assessment. and another 211 people were taken through the humanitarian corridor to lend me for their further return home. as part of the exchange procedure. all the tasks set by the defenders command were completed in full. unfortunately, we do not have the ability to unblock our april militarily, but the task for the whole of ukraine and for the whole world is to see a lot of the defenders more reasonable. so far russia's ministry of defense as neither confirmed nor denied this information, but this is no doubt a hard pill to swallow for t f. after all, this last stand of ukrainian nationalists was advantageous for both ukrainian propaganda as well as for the countries war effort. but with them now likely gone,

this could represent a death blow to the countries war effort. well, despite the fact that the ukrainian cheap surrendered both ukrainian high ranking officials on west the media being portraying the situation as an evaluation, seen the soldiers of quotes left the plans. meanwhile, in ukraine's west, the border city of evolve has reportedly been hit by a russian as strike. people in the city have shared pictures depicting was said to be an attack on the region. local officials claim the city itself wasn't hits in the strike as a defense systems neutralize the threats. a military facility in the city was said to be the target ukrainian defense ministry has recently published a video of its army, claiming they pushed back russian forces over the board, the costco of the country. second largest city. both questions are being raised about the footage is the so just say that they came to the board on april, the 15th, the video was published exactly one month later. i want to

respond with local font with it's not the only on verified video that's been posted by the media. this footage, according to ukrainian sources, is claim to show russian troops shelling the as of steel, fight you multiple with fortress munitions. now, such weapons are banned under the geneva convention, but are russia military iceberg claims that according to the description of the weapon, it seems more like a standard on guided rockets yourself. firstly, if we pay attention to the materials that are distributed in the ukranian media, we need to focus on the number and modification of the projectile, which are indicated. this number is 9 am to 2 s. if we study this information,

we see this is a standard unguided rocket projectile for the multiple launch rocket system. the b m 21 grad. we can look at the classification of this projectile and the corresponding components where we have magnesium alloy, m, l 5. there is no phosphorus in this case. these systems are designed to cover large area and can cause fires. they are mainly designed for terrain with vegetation covered. in this case, the number of shells used indicates that they really cause serious damage predominantly for the opponents, manpower. but there is nothing unconventional in the use of these weapons. we can cross alive now to former marine corps intelligence officer, author analysis, scott ritter. scott, welcome to the program. now let me start with one question about the latest news for maria, for weather's ukrainian forces from the as of steel fudge have surrendered. what do you make of it? well, i think it's 1st. well, a smart move on both from both sides to the bottom line is the, the ukrainian defenders were we're going to die if they continued their mission. um,

and while that might be desirous on the part of those who seek the bringing to justice of members of the as a regiment, i think rush as to look at the bigger picture right now. there's a major battle on going in the eastern ukraine, where significant numbers, ukrainian forces are facing a similar dilemma to continue to resist and die or surrender. and by allowing the defenders of the as of still plan to surrender rushes, demonstrating that no harm will come to those who lay down their arms and surrender to russian forces. and this is a very important message to send to, to those ukrainian forces that might be considering surrendering and other parts of the country as well. so when you said this on evacuation of the us, of battalion from that steel plants is significance in regards to the why,

the war itself? absolutely, i mean, you know, the bottom line is, as has been defeated, mario paul has been captured by russia. and this is clearly a propaganda exercise on the part of the to be honest, both sides, you know, and it's just a matter it's spinning fax. the fact is russia controls mario poll. russia is proceeding with it's offensive and eastern grain. and again, i emphasize the importance of russia demonstrating that it will show your lawful humanitarian consideration to all combatants. this is an important message. believe me, this, this what's happening, my repose be watched by all ukrainian armed forces. and the single right now is, if you surrender russia, you will be treated well. well, just to pick you up on what you said, then you said this is a propaganda war on both sides, not just a conventional war. would you make this footage that claims to show

a phosphorus attack by russia on the steel funny thing it could be true. know. first of all, you know, this is a type of munition. frankly speaking is irrelevant. the contrary to popular belief, the use of phosphorus is not a violation the geneva convention, if it's used against a legitimate military target. i don't think anybody at this point time contends that the as of seal plant is anything other than a legitimate military target. but as other experts indicated, other, the notion in question appears to be magnesium based now, phosphorus based it's, it's irrelevant and incendiary weapon it's designed to destroy using you know, fire and heat. it's a horrible way to die. and i don't think anybody on the receiving end gives a is a darn whether or not it's phosphorus or magnesium they're, they're paying the price no matter what. i'm so that's the case. and while we are talking about footage and of course,

it's very hot to verify lots of the image is coming from ukraine at the moment. but today there was a teacher released from the kafka region which pays to pates ukrainians on the russian board. and what, what do you make of that video? and there were wrong dates, there was, well, why one of the soldiers a slip of the tongue waste that it was april, the 15th, and not may, the 15th it is better with tape on the 15th of may, the 15th, the present, any trip. so on the border for russia, ukraine near kirkwood is irrelevant. it doesn't change the strategic outcome. it doesn't alter the operational reality. the bottom line is the ukranian army is suffering in the midst of suffering, a horrible defeat eastern ukraine, and a small propaganda moments like this video indicate may make some people feel good and, but it doesn't change the outcome of the reality on the ground and the main battle is being waged in the street. great. ok. well, scott, it's

a full marine corps intelligence officer. all the nice is i've got to leave that. thank you very much. feel insights into the situation. ukraine. the moment. thank you. thank on both finland and sweden have officially announced the applying for nato membership, but the turkish president has express hesitation, saying his config can't allow the alliance to remembers who in his words, support terrorists key k e the we've asked to extradite the terrorists to turkey. they refuse, they do not oppose terrorism, they support it. sweden is the center of terrorist organizations, even in the building of their parliament. they give the terrorists an opportunity to speak out. sweden will visit turkey on monday. if they want to convince us about our position. i say directly that we will not change it. now the issue lies in the to your pink countries, ties with the kurdistan work as policy and other organizations considered as terrorist by turkey in recent years. and kara has reported with an extradition

request for $33.00 individuals in finland and sweden with a legit ties those organizations. both all were rejected. so kiddo has faced a hostile response for his position. the chairman of the european parliament largest party, says those who oppose nato expansion could face isolation. if the 2 countries want finland and sweden are part of it, no doubt, anyone who questions nato's unity will be isolated within the community. on later expansion and the presence of his military infrastructure close to russian borders has been a red line which moscow has continually been emphasizing for decades. despite a legit assurances from nato back in the ninety's that it wouldn't enlarge eastwards. the block has been steadily expanding in recent years and the events of joining the alliance dot com no claims it won't allow. the deployments of military base is all nuclear weapons on its territory. retired rear admiral in the turkish naval forces. ali denise could look,

gave us his take on finland. sweden's session does not stay for with the leisure. turkey may or may not be something walk on the space. on the other hand that's required to be discussed with natal. not only the key, but it's among others because there are many issues needs to be looked at in this mood, let's say, is to rush and to, to let them to, to become a member, almost the southern out of blue and those 2 states. why don't we have over 160 years as a neutral state, the other one from 6 low as neutral space or the 9 relations with russia, all to southern and rise to join nato organisation. because of what

i don't see that resonant decimal on those is if i already need the issue, i'm going to question, what is the rational having no space within the last we yes, one more of the refresher and that limited ability to offer to organization. so the news now after being ousted from power form of pakistani prime minister and wrong con, continues to going to support across the country while alleging that the u. s. was behind his removal from office. now con has been mobilizing his followers, speaking rather indifferent pakistani fifties before his final call for a long march and the capital is lum. about the end of this month to demand fresh election. the opposition accused con, of manipulating the public in order to remain in power. during the latest, probably, he won the washington would not help the new pakistani government until it was made a slave. if russia gives you will, with

a 30 percent discount, you will not take it because, or are slaves if you need 3000000 tons of wheat, you can't buy it from russia. you can't buy cheaper gas from iran because we the usa don't permit you to do that. con, also states that he fit for his life and he's even recorded a video naming is a legit killers in the event of something happening to him. they want to kill me. i have recorded a video where i take all the names who are involved in this conspiracy around con has claimed repeatedly that he was forced to leave office by the pro american opposition in pakistan. the new government incidentally, is expected to increase corporation on many fronts with the u. s. that was confirmed in the statements made by us senate chris murphy, who said us pakistani relations have been through many rough patches of the decades, but still remain strong. as with every bilateral relationship, there are ups and downs, but this one pakistani us relations has endured the test of time and i look forward

to continue growing it for next 75 years. and so that's a lawyer and geopolitical analyst has some, as lum shaddon gave us his take on the situation currently playing out in pakistan . this is a different august sun. it is a bug, a son that is demanding respect demands. while it is not focused on that can be forcibly dictated by any other country. if the u. s. wants to reset the relationship, then it will have to come down with a new focus on. as we all know, the us talks about democracy, freedom of liberty, right, of the people who decide their future. so if you haven't bought a spot open, this lead to like run hon was given support by the people across the country. and so for the 1st time, the us should understand that it will have to be with the leader will be not

presenting his own wishes to the us, but he will be speaking on behalf of the people of pakistan. and the u. s. will not be able to dictate, it sounds like it was able to in the boss, but other leaders who had, who are in power. meanwhile, over in poland until russian sentiment is running high among politicians on the eva party elections, the former deputy defense minister suggested rushes coline guard region should be demilitarised. this region must be demilitarized so that nato does not sit on a powder keg between its legs. the statement was a reference to russia's nuclear capable missile launches in the most westwood region along with the baltic sleep located in clinic grad on parts of russia's missile defense shield. moreover, the former, i'm seeing defense minister claim the region should be renamed. i saw the 1st time poland has made those claims in march general said the region must be quote, 100 bucks a war. so despite it never being part of poland,

lawyer and peace activist, done kovachick fit, the situation could escalate. well, poland been acting more and more aggressively, even signaling that they may a invade parts of ukraine. they seem to be the stalking horse now for nato. so this seems to be, you know, an aggressive statement in o's may be signaling that poland, maybe with nato's acquiescence wants to take over the colon and grad region. that's why i think the statement was made. i mean, it does signal that all that region of is now seen is fair game for nato. and that should be again, alarming russian. i think it's supposed to alarm russia, and i think we need to be concerned that we could be on the verge of, of world war 3 and a possible will nuclear war. and that's why this thing needs to deescalate, that's why countries need to work for a peaceful,

negotiated settlement of this crisis. the week in moscow begun with a collective security treaty organizational c. s t o summit. some leaders of the member countries once again stated who they believe is responsible for prolonging the conflicts and ukraine to show you. the consequence of the expansion of the north atlantic alliance is a problem that it's created completely artificially, since it is done in the foreign policy interests of the united states. in general, nato is used as an instrument to the foreign policy of only one country. but as i produced on so far from the west, including washington, we are witnessing only a desire to prolong the conflict as much as possible. that is the reason why ukraine is being pumped full with weapons. the most dangerous tendency in ukraine and the attempt to dismember it. there are thousands of units that have already been created in order to end to ukraine under the guise of peacekeepers to protect it. as international pressure keeps mounting on russia as rushes,

northwestern neighbors such as sweden and finland, what the world know that they have made up their mind. on joining nato, it is crucial and very important for moscow to show that there is a pro active security alliance. in existence that could act as a counter balancing force to the north atlantic treaty organization. and so the washing beater is hosting this big summit and the washing capital exactly 30 years after the alliance was born. the leaders from 5 post soviet republics are in moscow representing pretty much russia's best friends if we take the post soviet republics. the alliance, both a joint action force, which we have already seen in action and january this here, when can expand? was engulfed in violence street on arrest and international peacekeeping mission representing all members was sent and the violence was quickly dealt with. this was

something that the leaders remember today and praise. but it seems that for the leaders, that's not really enough. what they want to see is the line filled with extra energy. now plus we heard the russian president, alexander lucas shank, in particular call for more unity by the members saying that they should act as a united front. when, for example, there are vote at international organisation such as the un social you will for global emotional your, with the silent consent of our partners, bella reese in russia, country to all the norms of international law at the whim of the west, of being defamed and excluded from international organizations. yes, there is tough and unscrupulous pressure against us. the members of the c. s t o. but it is for the sort of situations that collective mutual support exists. we heard criticism of nato actions and policies pretty much from every speaker here at

the kremlin. but the strongest, of course, came from blossom or potent before updating his counterparts from the course of the russian military operations in ukraine. mister bruton blamed the west pretty much for associating themselves with the nationalists in ukraine in our neighboring country in ukraine, near not system has long been remedy which they tend to blind di. this means that some of our partners from the collective west actually encourage their activities and all this is accompanied by a surge of outragious phobia. now going back to be alliance, we have heard today that it is open for expansion. it's ready for expansion. it has already carried out one successful military operation in catholic stand. so the message to the rest of the world is that it's not only up to nato to pull the

strings and international politics and expand china is the lashed out of the g 7. group of advanced economies for applying double standards and meddling and other countries are 1st, it comes after the group demanded beijing holds the support for moscow amid crippling functions. she would, you know, went on with the lengthy g. 7 communique is filled with preposterous allegations, not even worth refuting, wizard in total disregard of china's position and object of fact, it grossly interferes in china's internal affairs, maliciously slanders and smears china and once again exert pressure using such pretexts as the russia ukraine conflict. asking china to follow the sanctions is an existential scratch to china. china finds it really hard to find alternative sellers. because o d u. s. has been waging tre. warsaw, china. also. it is really not in the interest of china to have a poor but minute treat very strong neighbor,

china once his neighbor to be able to feel its out of their release as to what mine and many more countries are not joining to us centuries. he's really saying something, essentially the ministry is saying that the g 7, please stop being a hypocrite with double standards. don't export car revolution. don't provoke others and don't impose illegal sanctions. the chinese or ministry spokesperson, johnny jen echoed all these and as the g 72 instead focus on other important global and internal issues. and to truly focus on peace and development pro well, to start applying the standard to start ascending military aircraft and ships to the borders of other countries. which on the support of moscow of course, was not the most pressing issue. during the g 7 meeting, the representatives of the big 7 up once again promised more measures against

russia. they say moscow has breached international law, unengaged in illegal aggression, the russian war of aggression against ukraine as a watershed moment for the 21st century and carries dramatic consequences far beyond europe. we the g 71 to make abundantly clear that we will not sit by whilst countries flagrantly disregard the international rule book on which we all depend for peace, prosperity, security and stability. officials also held and russia are responsible for the unfolding global energy and food crisis. meanwhile, there was a markedly different tone from the group when it came to the israeli palestinian conflict that no party is accused of crimes in the g 7. simply calling for peace and documents. israel has traditionally been an ally of the west, which is divided with arms despite allegations of international law being breached . one of the countries, the latest missile strikes at the syrian town, claiming 5 lives. the west continues to cooperate closely with israel, something which has often raised the eyebrows among critics. it is true that the g

7 regimes will not sit by whilst countries flagrantly disregard the international rule book. when that country is israel, they will arm fund and reward its crimes. g 7 communicate from saturday's perfect illustration of western exceptional icing of israel, palestine. while sections on most of the conflicts call for respective international law. human rights and accountability. these rainy palestine power ignores all that and gives awfully lopsided view of reality. that g 7 says that it will not recognize the borders that russia wishes to modify by force. i have to say that this principle does not apply in the case of the state of israel, the director of the canadian geopolitical economy research group radhika does. i believe the west is often selective about international law to keep calling russian actions unprovoked aggression. they constantly use the word unprovoked, precisely to hide the fact that they have been provoking russia to do this for

a very long time. and of course, they are condemning russian action in light of international law. but in reality, what you have to understand is that what the west wants to impose on the was what it cause. the rules based international order isn't actually international law, erosion of international law, or a set of rules, the designed to favor western countries. israel has violated the rick or the largest number of un resolutions ever life of any country in the wall. and every time the u. israel violates the united states eventually be any united nations action to address the situation of the communicating. that's another exercise in the kind of hypocrisy that we've been seeing around the world, in my opinion, the rights to wants to prolong the conflict in profiting from the american manufacturers. i'm making dropping handover on top of that. of course, the united states derived all sorts of diplomatic advantages,

at least on the surface. us president joe biden has approved a plan to redeploy several 100 ground forces into somalia. now it's a significant reversal of a decision by his predecessor donald trump, to withdraw nearly all 7 underground troops who had been stationed with all the details. his ortiz kellum open. the u. s. a is stepping up, its involvement in the african country of somalia. again, many would have lost count of how many years u. s. involvement in the country has gone on for the decision to re introduce a small but persistent presence was made 1st and foremost to maximize the safety and effectiveness of our force and enable them to provide better support of our partners. now on the surface, there might be a compelling argument for going in and helping stop the terrorists the pirates and making life better for the people of this impoverished country. you'll recall when bush went back in, in 1992, that estates alone cannot write the world's wrongs. but we also know that some

crises in the world cannot be resolved without american involvement. that american action is often necessary as a catalyst for broader involvement of the community of nations. things haven't exactly been great there ever since. you'll remember 1993 with bill clinton and the black hawks of margaret issue. after that, clinton said he'd had enough of it handed it over to the united nations. i think we ought to get out of somalia. i think we've accomplished our objective. george w bush decided to stick in once again, more troops and more chaos. after that, we had obama maintaining a military presence and upping the ante with the use of drone strikes, but things are still not improving in somalia. trump pulled some troops out, but continued the bombing with significant civilian casualties. now biden is continuing the u. s. tradition re establishing

a military presence. i think in east africa, i think, particularly in somalia, al bob is taking advantage of the political leadership there being distracted by prolong political crisis. now you thank the u. s. military presence in somalia, if it was actually going to make things better, would have done so by now, some independent observers have got to be asking the question, if we're or not, the usa is really just working out of compassion for the somali people and an effort to fight terrorists, or instead looking to serve some kind of geopolitical aim. of course, neither the question nor the answer is going to be found in mainstream media discourse. caleb moppet are take new york. well, that's the rop phenomenon. is peter scott's on we back again at the top of the hour with all the latest news and views here on archie. ah, ah, the 1st time in history, i mean ty, countries,

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